Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

After three violent collisions, hundreds of human and horse corpses were piled up in the middle of the battlefield.However, the pile of corpses also successfully divided the battlefield, and the cavalry of the two armies began to rein in, and they could no longer continue this kind of confrontation.

A pause in the fighting does not mean that the Daping Army and the Qing Army have no desire to fight.They are all moving to the side, trying to find a new space to continue the hedging battle that was not continued just now.But at this moment, the situation changed suddenly.

Kang Zhengwu and Du Laoliu's troops today can be described as ups and downs.These two troops changed from insignificant cannon fodder roles on the battlefield to suddenly become the focal point under the mercury lamp.But with the start of the cavalry confrontation between the two armies, everyone began to turn a blind eye to these two troops staying on the edge of the fierce battlefield.

But now Kang Zhengwu and Du Laoliu are uneasy.

To be honest, at that time Xue Yongli had only one request for the two rebellious troops, and that was to mess up the formation of the Qing army, and the more chaos the better.If you only look at this point, it should be said that the two forces have completed their tasks.

But Kang Zhengwu and Du Laoliu didn't know this.In their view: Xue Yongli asked them to kill the Qing army around him, except for the purpose of voting for the certificate, it must be as many kills as possible.Unexpectedly, now it was the two anti-water troops who were killing each other and did not kill a few Qing soldiers at all, which made Kang Zhengwu and Du Laoliu a little worried.They were afraid that they would be scolded by Xue Yongli after the war.Even the "welfare" for surrendering to the Daping Army will be reduced or cancelled.

So when they saw the cavalry on both sides slow down, Kang Zhengwu and Du Laoliu couldn't hold back anymore.Wealth and wealth are sought in insurance!They are already rebelling with their heads hanging on their belts.Could it be that after surrendering to the Daping Army, he became a commoner?So Kang Zhengwu and Du Laoliu issued orders one after another, commanding the troops to rush towards the Qing cavalry who lowered their horse speed.

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The rebellion of these two troops today is particularly harmful to the Qing army.When I first rebelled.Needless to say, the blow to the morale of the Qing army.And now the focus of the entire battlefield is on the confrontation between the cavalry of both sides.The counterattack of Kang Zhengwu Division and Du Lao Sixth Division, coordinated with the cavalry of the Daping Army, immediately drove the cavalry of the Qing Army back again and again.

And in this counterattack, the two anti-water forces achieved more results.It's still an old reason-the cavalry has no speed, and it is not as good as the infantry on the ground.

On the entire battlefield, although there are other troops fighting.However, the battle between these two cavalry units has become a "weather vane."Seeing the Qing cavalry retreating, the morale of other Qing troops became even lower.Their combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced, and some of them cannot withstand the aggressive offensive of the Daping Army.

"Boom boom boom!" Seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, Dorgon finally let the Qing army's shells fire.

"Swish, whoosh, whoosh!" One after another shells passed over the heads of the Qing troops in front of the artillery.These Qing troops were so frightened that they retreated to both sides.Avoid the front of the artillery.

And these Qing troops were just taken aback, but the Qing troops at the front were not so lucky.Dozens of extremely powerful shells fell into the battlefield where the two armies were fighting, and immediately opened a road of flesh and blood.A small number of Qing soldiers who were fighting were knocked down by their own artillery shells, and more soldiers of the Daping Army also fell on the bloody path opened by Qing army artillery shells.

In order to end the unfavorable situation and reorganize the army to prepare for war, Dorgon did not hesitate to sacrifice part of his own troops, and used artillery fire to temporarily divide the battlefield and let the Qing army take a breather.In order to eliminate some of the adverse effects of betrayal.Of course, these Qing army troops who are fighting.Most of them belong to the Han army flag, so if you really lose a little, the Manchus can still bear it.

And Dorgon's act of "a strong man breaking his arm" did indeed have an effect.The soldiers of the two armies in the melee also left the battle one after another and retreated to their rear to avoid the artillery fire of the Qing army.At this time, the only counter-movement to be put into the front line of the battlefield is the artillery unit of the Taiping Army.

Before the war, Xue Yongli and the others understood that the biggest threat to the Qing army was their artillery.After all, the advantage of the Daping Army is their infantry and artillery phalanxes, but as long as these phalanxes drop a powerful shell, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.If you drop a few more shots, you will be completely disabled.If it is a straggler battle, the Daping Army is at a disadvantage compared with the Qing Army, no matter in terms of strength or personal combat skills.

Therefore, this attack by the Daping Army can also be said to be tentative.This can be seen from the formation of the Daping Army's offensive.It's just that ten square formations came up first, but the subsequent square formations did not continue to keep up.Moreover, the artillery did not follow up in time, basically maintaining a "conventional" battle.

So when the artillery of the Qing army opened fire, although the casualties of the Daping army were not small, it also exposed the location of the artillery of the Qing army.So the artillery units of the Daping Army also moved forward, trying to pull out the Qing army unit that threatened them the most.

"Boom!", when the first Daping Army's artillery advanced to its own range, the gunners immediately stopped the artillery carriage and opened fire on the Qing Army's artillery team.And the shell landed far to the right of the Qing army's artillery position, stirring up a cloud of smoke and dust on the ground.However, the artillery units of the Daping Army were not in a hurry, and they continued to carry out corrective shooting.

Therefore, although more and more Daping army artillery were advancing, only two or three of them actually fired. These artillery were firing at a leisurely pace, constantly correcting the impact point of the shells.

Finally, a shell fell into the artillery position of the Qing army, and the artillery commander in command immediately unified the shooting angles of each artillery according to the shooting parameters of the artillery.With an order, the artillery of the Daping Army immediately fired concentratedly, and each artillery shot out flames.

This time the Taiping Army pushed up a total of forty artillery pieces, half of which were powerful artillery pieces weighing more than six pounds.This round of salvo was simply earth-shattering.Immediately a majestic smoke rose in front of the artillery of the Taiping Army, and the whole battlefield felt the earth tremble.

The gunners of the Daping Army did not waste time either. They tried their best to push the artillery back to its original position, and then loaded the ammunition skillfully. Regardless of the smoke in front of them, they continued the shooting angle just now and fired a second round of salvo.

On the artillery positions of the Qing army, the artillery shells of the Daping army seemed to fall like raindrops.A few cannons that were hit by chance flew into the air like matches, and the flying shells and the sand and stones stirred up by the ricochets even knocked the Qing army gunners off their feet.

Many Qing gunners who survived couldn't help but fled backwards.However, Dorgon had long been prepared for this situation. The Qing army supervisor team behind the artillery position cut down several long-legged gunners one after another, and then forced the remaining gunners to go back and continue firing.

In this way, against the artillery fire of the Daping Army, the artillery team of the Qing Army began to fight against the artillery of the Daping Army. (To be continued..)